85-year-old man convicted in dishonest case, launched on probation of fine conduct

An area courtroom in Aligarh has convicted an 85-year-old man in a 36-year-old dishonest case and afterward the identical day, ordered his launch on probation of fine conduct for one 12 months. The courtroom on Tuesday additionally directed convict Virendra Kumar Chaudhary to seem earlier than the district probation officer on April 16.
Virendra who’s out on bail appeared earlier than the courtroom on Tuesday.
“Chief Judicial Magistrate Karuna Singh held him guilty on Tuesday, after which he was taken into custody. Giving benefit of section 4 of the Probation of Offender Act read with Section 360 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc), the court ordered for his release on probation of good conduct,” stated authorities counsel, Aligarh, Indrajeet Pal. The courtroom additionally directed to gather a private bond of Rs 25,000 and two sureties of the identical quantity from Virendra, he added.
“The convict has to maintain good conduct, peace and will not involve in any other criminal offence during the stipulated period. If he violates the order, strict punishment will be given to him. Virendra has to visit the office of Aligarh’s District Probation Officer every month for one year. Court has also directed the district probation officer to regularly submit report on Virendra’s conduct,” stated Pal.

According to the prosecution, the case dated again to June, 1985 when one Vijay Kumar had lodged an FIR in opposition to 4 individuals, together with Virendra, alleging that they took Rs 6,250 from him with the promise to return double the quantity. However, they didn’t give the cash again. The case was filed on the Banna Devi police station. The three different accused are Mumtaz Ali Khan, Pran Pal Gupta and Kishan Kumar alias Pappu – all residents of Aligarh.
Police investigated and filed chargesheet in opposition to all 4 individuals beneath IPC part 420 (dishonest and dishonestly inducing supply of property). All 4 accused had been out on bail.
During the course of trial, Mumtaz, Pran and Kishan died.

“After prosecution examined its first witness, Virendra made a statement in the court and confessed to the crime. No other prosecution witness was examined,” stated Pal.